Bethany

American  

[beth-uh-nee] / ˈbɛθ ə ni /

noun

1. a village near Jerusalem, at the foot of the Mount of Olives.

2. a city in central Oklahoma.

3. a first name.

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Bethany British  

/ ˈbɛθənɪ /

noun

1. a village in the West Bank, near Jerusalem at the foot of the Mount of Olives: in the New Testament, the home of Lazarus and the lodging place of Jesus during Holy Week

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Example Sentences

Haley described a little girl who looked a lot like the murder victim, Bethany Alana Clark, who would say her middle name was Alasee and pronounced it “all ah see-ah.”

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He does not think Bethany’s spirit or ghost succored his cousin.

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The connection, though, spurred him to investigate Bethany’s murder.

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She and her daughter, Bethany, moved with them to Arkansas from Louisiana in 1977.

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Bethany’s mother has lived for decades with immense guilt.

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